Shelley with Sid Caesar and Dick Van Dyke
on the cover of Northeast Woman mag, 1984
Shelley had a very promising acting career immediately after leaving the TV series Charlies Angels in 1980. She honed her acting skills on stage via the plays Vanities, Close Ties and Born Yesterday - surprising and wowing her fans, critics and detractors alike. She shined in the Martin Scorsese film The King of Comedy opposite Robert De Niro. She was great opposite George Segal in the TV movie Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer. And she held her own in the telefilm Max and Sam (a.k.a Found Money) opposite legendary comedians Dick Van Dyke and Sid Caesar. Shelley found both of them "very generous to work with" but had to keep up with the their pace. "You had to work so fast, because everything was left loose," she told TV Guide. "I felt like I kind of jumped on a moving train," she added. Shelley would again work with Dick Van Dyke in 1997 - as a guest star in his TV series Diagnosis Murder. For more, check out: Diagnosis: Great Work and Looks Can Kill
screen captures of Shelley
from the TV movie Max and Sam
a.k.a. Found Money, 1983
